Miyabi Akiya
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Akiya at the 2024 World Cup Sofia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 December 2008 Parkville, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Australia (2024-) | |||||||||||||||||
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Miyabi Akiya (born 30 December 2008) is an Australian individual rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represents Australia in international competitions.
Early life
Akiya was born on 30 December 2008 in Parkville, Victoria. She lives in Melbourne and has an older brother, and she speaks Japanese in addition to English.[2]
She admires fellow gymnast Sofia Raffaeli.[2]
Career
Akiya took up the sport at the age of three, when she saw older students doing rhythmic gymnastics next to her in the kindergarten gym. Her mother enrolled her in a trial lesson, which Akiya enjoyed, so she enrolled in further lessons.[2]
She made her international debut at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She competed with ball and ribbon and took 36th and 16th place, respectively, along with 29th in teams (with teammates Alisa Kochemazova and Alicia Tan).[3] At the national level, she became the Australian junior all-around champion.[2]
In 2024 she became a senior. She competed at the World Cup in Sofia, where she was 32nd in the all-around, 33rd with hoop, 36th with ball, 32nd with clubs and 30th with ribbon.[4] In May, she competed in the Oceanian Championships in Budapest, taking silver behind Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva.[5][6] With that result, she was named the reserve gymnast for the Paris Olympics.[7]
In April 2025, she took part in the World Cup in Baku, finishing 30th in the all-around, 41st with hoop, 35th with ball, 25th with clubs and 26th with ribbon.[8] The following week, at the next World Cup stage in Tashkent, she improved on her scores and was 24th in the all-around, 27th with hoop, 17th with ball, 18th with clubs and 27th with ribbon.[9][10] In May, she was selected for the Oceanian Championships in Singapore,[11] where she was crowned the continental champion ahead of Havana Hopman and Polina Leonova.[12][13][14]
References
- ^ "AKIYA Miyabi - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d Oba, Yumi (14 May 2024). "15歳の新体操選手・秋谷みやび、豪代表としてオセアニア・チャンピオンシップへ" [First year senior rhythmic gymnast, Miyabi has never thought of the Olympics, yet it is within her grasp]. SBS Japanese (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "2023 Junior World Championships Result Book". Longines Timing. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Sofia (BUL)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva takes out Oceania Continental Championships". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (27 May 2024). "Australia secure three Paris 2024 Olympic gymnastics quotas from Oceania Continental Championships". Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "The Australian Reserves for the 2024 Olympic Games". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "2025 Baku World Cup" (PDF). Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Tashkent World Cup" (PDF). Italian Gymnastics Federation. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Australian weekend World Cup wrap". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Aussies in action: All you need to know". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2025 - OGU RGI Senior". Score Express. 18 May 2025. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Federici, Giordano (20 May 2025). "Ritmica, i risultati dei Campionati Asiatici e d'Oceania 2025" [Rhythmic Gymnastics, the results of the Asian and Oceania Championships 2025]. GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Australian gold and World Championships berths secured". Gymnastics Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.